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It isn’t about saving us from aliens at all. “To be on my very first spacewalk, to be outside, and to have contamination in my suit to the point that I […]

A new study says there are two main categories of politically correct people – PC egalitarian and PC authoritarian.

A large-scale study of students in Maastricht provides valuable data on student performance. 

The popular concept of introversion often differs from how psychologists define the term, but a new model seeks to clarify exactly what being an introvert means.

Psychologists sort human personalities into five traits, each of which you can score high or low on.

Karl Popper’s ‘paradox of tolerance’ has been reemerging, for good reason.

When you’re confronted by some new information, how do you tell whether it’s valid or not? “I’m old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was still new. Also, it hadn’t […]

Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery, or a breach of intellectual property? That depends which continent you’re on, says Gish Jen.

A programmer was able to automate his remote job; collecting a full-time paycheck while working for two hours a week. The employer, none the wiser, is satisfied with the completed work. But is it ethical?

U.S. scientists have successfully repaired DNA in a human embryo for the first time.

We know the benefits about positivity. What about grumpiness? 

Is AI a job booster or job killer? 41% of Americans fear getting replaced by AI, automation, and digitization, according to a new survey by SelectHub. What does this mean for the future of work? The survey also found that Gen Xers were most likely to be concerned and that certain industries were more worried than others. 

Funnily enough, some humans carry one of the very same genes.   

Everything is made of quarks, leptons, photons, and gluons, yet everything comes with a finite, non-zero size. “There’s something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the […]

In this radical view, the universe is a giant supercomputer processing particles as bits.   

When Shoshana Johnson decided to join the military, her intention wasn’t to make history. 

The belief that things will be better in the future is called optimism bias. Being overly optimistic can lead you to miss an important health check up or make bad financial decisions.

Great teamwork in any industry is built on trust and communication. Without effective communication techniques, vital information might get missed or misinterpreted. This can bring work to a halt, interrupt […]

Our future as humans might be great. Or non-existent. Is our government, or Silicon Valley, prepared to handle the consequences of advancing AI?

Has Google become our modern confessional? Former Google data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz discusses how Google knows you better than your friends and family–maybe even yourself. He is the author of Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are. 

Bill Gates proposes an ingenious solution to the job losses from the coming automation.

Research suggests that a religious edict from the Catholic Church shaped the evolution of the modern chicken.

A growing body of scientific investigation now supports the conclusion that being hopeful has a distinctly positive effect on academic performance.

“The most important, obvious realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see.”  

The event brought scholars and comedians together to take a look at what’s funny and why.   

Poachers, hunters, and collectors are targeting animals on the endangered species list for their rarity.

So you think you’re “not a math person”? International Mathematical Olympiad coach Po-Shen Loh strongly disagrees.

A proto-consciousness field theory could replace the theory of dark matter, one physicist states.   

Research shows that people with heart problems and diabetes are being misdiagnosed. Solving that is going to take an overhaul of our medical system.

The deep dive into the mirror Universe, and the ethics of how we deal with purity and diversity, is just getting started. Life in the mirror Universe isn’t easy for anyone. […]